English

Winterport

From winter + port, so-named for usually being an ice-free port in winter.

Formed from winter + port

Proto-Germanic *wintruz ‘winter’

Proto-West Germanic *wintru

Old English winter

Middle English winter

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’

Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’

Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’

Latin portus ‘harbour, port’

Old English port ‘a port, haven’

English port

Today it means

name A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Winterport